versions
Alternate takes available
Versions are different forms or variations of the same thing.
A book may have hardcover and paperback versions.
Software releases in numbered versions.
A film's director's version differs from the theatrical cut.
Someone's version of events is their particular account: Her version of what happened differs from his.
To version something is to create or track such variations.
Versions of publications
- modelsScaled representations or fashion workers
- typesVarieties or key-enters
- formsVarieties or documents
- configurationsParticular arrangements of parts
renditions · adaptations · incarnations · derivatives · spin-offs · clones · ports · forks
Available options to pick
- optionsAvailable courses of action
- substitutesReplacements for originals
- replacementsItems taking others' places
- equivalentsThings of equal value
counterparts · selections · varieties · range · assortment · differentiation · distinction · interpretations
Additions that improve something
- refinementsIncremental quality upgrades
- optimizationsChanges improving efficiency
- upgradesImproved replacement versions
- advancementsForward movements in development
revisions · overhauls · tweaks · debugging · streamlining · modernization · corrections · bugfixes
Material covering damage
- releaseTo let go
- hotfixEmergency software repair
- bugfixRepair to flawed software
- service packBundled software updates
upgrade · firmware · revision · security update · maintenance · build · rollout · deployment
Toward what's behind
- forwardOnward in direction
- cross-platformWorks on multiple systems
- interoperabilityCross-platform functional harmony
- legacyWhat's passed down
migration · coexistence · synchronization · alignment · conformance · interchangeability · standardization · deprecation
editions
Versions of publications
- modelsScaled representations or fashion workers
- typesVarieties or key-enters
- formsVarieties or documents
configurations · renditions · adaptations · incarnations · derivatives · spin-offs · clones · ports · forks · branches
choices
Available options to pick
- optionsAvailable courses of action
- substitutesReplacements for originals
- replacementsItems taking others' places
equivalents · counterparts · selections · varieties · range · assortment · differentiation · distinction · interpretations · competing
enhancements
Additions that improve something
- refinementsIncremental quality upgrades
- optimizationsChanges improving efficiency
- upgradesImproved replacement versions
advancements · revisions · overhauls · tweaks · debugging · streamlining · modernization · corrections · bugfixes · polishing
patch
Material covering damage
service pack · upgrade · firmware · revision · security update · maintenance · build · rollout · deployment · iteration
backward
Toward what's behind
- forwardOnward in direction
- cross-platformWorks on multiple systems
- interoperabilityCross-platform functional harmony
legacy · migration · coexistence · synchronization · alignment · conformance · interchangeability · standardization · deprecation · API
- programsprograms, program, software, applications, apps
- groupingsgroups, categories, classes, divisions, clusters
- CMS featurestemplates, modules, plugins, extensions, themes
- accountsbank account, checking account, savings account, joint account, personal account
- system componentsmodule, component, subsystem, unit, controller
- textual criticismcritical apparatus, collation, emendation, recension, variant
versionssingular form
One-item grammatical number
one and only · unique · standard · monolith
- cover versionReperformed song by another artist
- full versionComplete, unrestricted release
- final versionCompleted, approved iteration
- short versionReduced length rendition
- beta versionPre-release test software
- basic versionSimplest available form
version, diversion, inversion, subversion, reversion, perversion, diversions, versioning, aversions